O’Reilly’s misconception – pro-choice group

The group NARAL Pro-Choice America, and its Washington affiliate, are taking Fox News’ mighty mouth Bill O’Reilly to task for an on-air remark about no-cost birth control earlier this summer.

“Many women who get pregnant are blasted out of their minds when they have sex. They’re not going to use birth control anyway,” said BillO.

The remark has been described by NARAL Pro-Choice Washington as “outrageous and offensive.” Its national parent has launched an email letter campaign to Fox News protesting the conservative network for a “non-stop anti-woman tirade in response to no-cost birth control.”

The Department of Health and Human Services recently proposed a rule that health insurers must cover birth control without a co-pay. There are exemptions on grounds of religious objections; NARAL has argued there should not be such exceptions.

The HHS rule has been subject to frequent attacks on Fox News.

And conservative Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, has argued that increased access to contraception will make the United States “a dying civilization.”

In an email Tuesday, national NARAL declared: “If Fox News wants to be ‘fair and balanced’ its contributors need to start getting their facts straight and ending their vitriolic attack campaign on women and birth control.”